La mala estrella

Presents a song in Spanish designed to promote language consciousness and reading readiness accompanied by a rhyming text in English and illustrations depicting a Latino boy's day, and followed by a literal translation into English.

When a broken string stops the music of a wandering musician, the children of the land learn a valuable lesson about working together for the good of all.

"A Óscar no le gusta tener una hermana menor por lo que decide huir de su madriuguera. Después de un encuentro con el toro Doroteo, la relación de Óscar y Jacinta cambiará para siempre."--Page 4 of cover.

Meg and Ash are a pair of magpies who are building a nest for their perfect eggs. They are soon convinced that their nest doesn't have enough stuff and begin to collect more and more things... A very funny story showing the dangers of having too much stuff.